Faculty/Author Profile

Jerred G. Blanchard, Jr.

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Houston, TX, USA

Jerred G. Blanchard is a member of the International Tax Services group in the National Tax Department of Ernst & Young LLP, currently based in the Houston, Texas office. He does federal income tax planning for corporations and shareholders, with expertise in the consolidated return regulations, the preservation and use of tax attributes in connection with insolvency proceedings, and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

Jerred has a B.A. from Yale University, a J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law, and an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Bar Association and the American Bar Association Section of Taxation where he chaired the Committee on Affiliated and Related Transactions. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Jerred was a partner in the law firm of Weil Gotshal & Manges where his principal focus was the bankruptcy tax area, including planning regarding the preservation and use of debtor tax attributes.

Jerred is also a member of the 11th District Advisory Committee to the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank at Dallas. In addition, he is a co-author of a well-known consolidated return treatise, has written numerous articles in various professional journals on multiple corporate tax topics, and is a frequent speaker at various CLE programs across the country.